Finally done!! Whew, this beast of a painting took forever, but I really wanted a nice tribute piece to one of my favorite books (and book series) ever, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I just finished re-reading it and forgot how wonderful it was… Thank you, J.K. Rowling, for always inspiring me and making my childhood magical! :)

You heard right! The article features the web comic I illustrate for, Daughter of the Wolf, in the parenting section of their website! It’s so beautifully written and I couldn’t be prouder right now! Click the picture to read the full article NOW!!! :D

Contest entry for the Darling Army: http://darling-army.goodsie.com/ This was such a fun designing challenge and you all know how much I love Pokemon and can’t resist doing some art of them any chance I get ;)

Prepare yourselves for my first ever PRINT GIVEAWAY!! To enter, You must like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DragonRiseStudio AND either share or comment on the Facebook post. The winner will be chosen randomly by me to receive one (1) free 12″x16″ art print of YOUR CHOICE!

The contest will end at midnight on Sunday (2/15) evening and winner announced on my Facebook page the following Monday. I shall contact the winner from my personal Facebook page (Danielle Kukic) because I can’t message though my business account for some reason. I’ll just need the name of the print you’d like to receive and your address so I can ship the print out to you. If the winner does not respond to my message in 24 hours, I will randomly choose another winner. Good luck to all entries and may the odds be ever in your favor :)

So I’ve been searching for the longest time to find a bad-ass armored female character to cosplay as for the longest time, and it is so hard to find one with somewhat realistic armor! So my solution is to create some of my own. This is strictly concept art and will probably be revised later, but I already like where it’s going and I think the armor would be really fun to craft in real life! :D

The armor and bodice are based on the Xenomorph Alien Queen’s general body and style and the sword is based on the tail.